It's anime convention weekend for me again, which saw me packing up a handful of outfits and heading across the country for a convention in a hotel for a few days, offering up an exciting opportunity to catch up with a few friends who I hadn't seen in a while and, maybe, some other possibilities.
Once I arrived and checked into the hotel on Friday I fired up Tinder, and found myself spending spare moments whilst sat with a drink or chatting idly swiping away. By Saturday I'd spotted a few people who were clearly at the convention – some struck up conversation just to chat while others were far flirtier. In particular, I found myself having an increasingly heated conversation with a guy hired to handle lighting for the event – he had no clue about anime or cosplay but seemed interesting, but when we actually met up to say hi he was… well, a bit of an egocentric jerk. We chatted before he had an event to man the lights for and he suggested meeting up later, but I made my excuses and let our conversation peter out feeling a little disappointed – by Saturday night, I was pretty frustrated, and sharing a hotel room meant there was nothing I could do about it.